Glass half empty or half full? You decide.

I was asked by a friend what my views are on the time old question: Is the glass half empy or half full. Here is my thoughts reposted for all to view.

I am intrigued with the question of "glass half empty or half full". You could have asked the "chicken or the egg" question, but it had to be the water! Ok. I have to start out by saying that this may be very very in depth and not the answer you where phishing for but here goes my view. Perhaps you will learn something or agree with me already. Mayhaps you will provide me with a view I have not thought about.

Everybody knows the glass serves as a metaphor for life. This is what makes the question so difficult to answer. Seeing the glass half empy means your a pessimist and you dewll on the bad things in life. Seeing the glass half full means your a optimists and your focus on the good things in life. Most people choose to be optimistic.

Now why does seeing the glass as half empty have be bad. Looking at it from another view if the glass is half empty then it reveals opportunity. This motivates you to fill the glass, and if you saw it half full then your are blinded. Knowing what is missing from life drives you to success. Thats not bad now is it?

Why does the answer have to be confined to two choices? Why must we choose just 1 answer? Can it not be both or neither? Its true that the glass can be seen as both half full or half empty. Sometimes it is useful to think of it one way and at other times think of it another. This mirrors the way life actually plays out. By understanding that the glass can hold both views at the same time, you can begin to look at it with a holistic mindset, taking into account every aspect of the glass/life.

The other point to be made is that nothing is ever static. Everything is in constant change. As soon as the water enters the glass, it begins to evaporate. Also nobody is perfect, therefore the glass has to resemble that. Some glasses will have cracks that water seeps out slowly. Some glasses will have other imperfections as well. So when you see water going away, you need to take action to refill it. You constantly need to replenish the water that disapears, not matter how it left the glass. This gives us a constant action of trying to keep the glass full.

From everything I have ever thought about, or read about, thats what my view is on the subject. Sorry to go off on a tangent, but you asked me a question that was simply irresistible to answer. Do you share the same views or do you have anything to add? Do you disagree?

What does everybody think?